Work guide for saw tables



G. J. SELLMEYER WORK GUIDE FOR SAW TABLES March 30, 1943.

Original Filed Dec. 6, 1940 Jame/whom Patented Mar. 30, 1943 TENT WORK GUIDE FOR SAW TABLES Gilbert J. Sel'lmeyer, Indianapolis, Ind.

Original application December 6, 1940, Serial No. 368,928. Divided and this application June 11, 1941, Serial No. 397,600

2 Claims.

This invention relates to work guides or fences for saw tables and is. an improvement over the work guide structure embodied in my co-pending application, Serial Number 329,776, filed April 15, 1940, and it is also a division of my co-pending application, Serial Number 368,928, filed December 6, 1940.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved work guide for a saw table which may be shifted transversely of the table and readily secured in adjusted position.

Another object of this invention is to provide a work guide or fence which is so constructed that a portion thereof may be angularly adjusted with respect to the remainder of the guide, the guide also including means whereby it may be firmly secured relative to the saw table so as to thereby prevent shifting or bending of the guide relative to the table during the use thereof.

A further object of this invention is to provide a work guide of this kind which can be shifted to difierent positions with respect to the saw table and locked in its shifted or adjusted position.

A further object of this invention is to provide a work guide of this kind in the form of a protractor with a Vernier, calibration by means of which the adjustable portion of the guide may be finely adjusted to the desired angle and then locked or clamped in its finely adjusted position.

To the foregoing objects and to others which may hereinafter appear, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more specifically referred to and illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein are shown embodiments of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations andv modifications may be resorted to which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary top plan View of a saw table illustrating the adaptation therewith of a work guide or fence in accordance with this invention,

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Figure 1, and

Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing the numeral ll generally indicates a saw table which is provided with a saw slot extending lengthwise thereof in which a saw is adapted to be moved. The saw is movable lengthwise of the slot and the mount- (Cl. 143- --169) v I gitudinally of the slot is embodied in my co-pend-- ing application Serial No. 329,776 hereinbefore mentioned.

The combined work guide or fence and protractor device is mounted for adjustably positioning on the top of the saw table II and for ad justment relative to the saw slot. The said device includes an elongated flat bar 68 which is secured by fastening devices 69 to an elongated arm 10. The bar 68 constitutes a-guide member. The guide member 68 is adapted to rest on top of the saw table II and the arm 10 is provided at its inner end with a boss 72. A vertically disposed pin i3 is mounted in an opening 14 pro vided in the boss 12 and is secured therein by means of a set screw E5. The opposite ends of the pin i3 are provided with a groove 16 and a head H. The head 11 is adapted to be extended through the large diameter opening 18 of a keyhole slot which is formed in the table H. The grooved portion it forms a reduced shank inwardly of the head 11 which shank is adapted to engage in the narrow slot 19 forming the key hole slot.

The bar 10 on the side thereof opposite from the guide member 68 is provided with a right angularly disposed web which at its outer end portion has formed integral therewith an armate arm 8|. At the junction between the arcuate arm 8! and the outer portion of the arm Iii, a pair of upper and lower flanges 82 and 83 are formed integral with the arm 70 and the arm 8|. A double end pointer 83* is secured to the outer faces of the flanges 82' and 83 by means of a fastening member 84.

The guide member or fence 68 is locked in its adjusted position with respect to the table H by means of a clamping member 85. The clamping member 85 includes a base block 86 formed with an upwardly offset arm supporting member 81 against which the lower surface of the arcuate arm BI is adapted to engage. An L-shaped clamp 88 is arranged in superposed relation with respect to the block 86 and is formed of a vertical and a horizontal arm 88 88 respectively. The lower end of the arm 8i! engages a shoulder 89 formed on the block 85 and the arm 88* engages the upper surface of the arm 8!. The clamp 88 is locked or tightened against the arm 8| by means of a bolt 90 formed with a knurled head 9i. The shank of the bolt 90 has a reduced peripherally threaded portion 90 which has threaded engagement with the wall of an opening means by which the saw may be moved lon- 55 ing 99 formed in the block 86. The enlarged portion of the shank of the bolt 90 bears against the upper face of the arm Bl.

A pointer 92 is mounted over an upwardly extending boss 93, which is carried by the base block 86 and is supported above the boss 93 by means of a spacer 94. A screw or bolt 95 extends through the pointer 92 and the spacer 94 and is threaded into the boss 93. The upper and lower faces of the arm 8| have mounted thereagainst arcuate plates 95 provided with graduations 91. The graduations 91 provide a Vernier graduating means by which the fence 68 may be very finely adjusted relative to the table H. The base member 86 is provided with a right angula'rly disposed head 98 and a pair of pins 99 are mounted in the head 98 and extend below the lower surface thereof so that the pins 99 may be positioned in a selected pair of holes Int which are formed in the table H.

The table H at a point midway between each pair of holes IE is provided with a graduation lfil which is adapted to be correlated with the pointer 83. The terminal ends of the pointer 83 are disposed in a plane intersecting the axis of the pin 13 which is parallel with the front face of the fence or guide member 68.

Preferably the table is provided with a pair of keyhole slots which are spaced apart the desired distance and is also provided with a second arcuate series of holes H!!! with graduations [ill between each of the second pair of holes so that the fence or guide 58 may be adjusted lengthwise of the table H in a selected one of two positions.

The work guide or fence is adjusted relative to the length of the table by positioning the pin l3 in a selected keyhole slot. The angular position of the guide member 68 relative to the said slot is efiected by disposing the pins 99 of the clamping member 85 in a selected pair of openings I00.

The work guide or fence structure in accordance with this invention is exceedingly simple in construction and readily and conveniently adjustable with respect to the said table.

What I claim is:

1. In a saw table having a saw slot, an arcuate series of openings and a keyhole slot coaxial with the arc of said openings; an elongated work guide, a vertical pin carried by one end of said guide'having a reduced shank and a head engage able in said keyhole slot, at laterally projecting arcuate arm fixed to said guide, a block engageable with the table, a pair of pins carried by said block engageable with selected pairs of said openings, an L-shaped clamping member on said block, means for exerting pressure on said clamping member for holding said arm in adjusted position relative to said block, an arcuate scale secured to said arm, and an indicator secured to said block, said indicator coacting with said, scale whereby said arm may be adjusted relative to said block accurately to a predetermined position.

2. In a saw table having a saw slot, an arcuate series of openings; an arcuate scale coaxial with said openings and a keyhole slot coaxial with the arc of said openings; an elongated work guide, a vertical pin carried by one end of said guide having a reduced shank and a head engageable in said keyhole slot, at laterally projecting arm fixed to said guide, a block engageable with the table, a pair of pins carried by said block engageable with selected pairs of said openings, an L-shaped clamping member on said block, means for exerting pressure on said clamping member for holding said arm in adjusted position relative to said block, a pointer secured to said guide and coacting with said scale roughly indicating the work guide angle with respect to said saw slot, an arcuate scale secured to said arm, and an indicator secured to said block, said indicator coacting with said arcuate scale whereby said arm may be adjusted relative to said block accurately to a predetermined position.

GILBERT J. SELLMEYER. 

